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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.android.camera.async;
     18 
     19 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
     20 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * A thread-safe callback.
     24  * <p>
     25  * Depending on how consumers need to access updates, the following
     26  * implementations may be used (and already guarantee thread-safety):
     27  * <ul>
     28  * <li>Synchronous access to every update: {@link ConcurrentBufferQueue}</li>
     29  * <li>Synchronous access to a single update: {@link UpdatableCountDownLatch}</li>
     30  * <li>Access to the latest value: {@link ConcurrentState}</li>
     31  * <li>Callbacks: {@link ConcurrentState}</li>
     32  * </ul>
     33  * </p>
     34  */
     35 @ThreadSafe
     36 public interface Updatable<T> {
     37     /**
     38      * Implementations MUST ALWAYS satisfy the following constraints:
     39      * <ul>
     40      * <li>Return quickly, without performing any expensive work.</li>
     41      * <li>Execute in a predictable, stable, amount of time.</li>
     42      * <li>Never block.</li>
     43      * <li>Be thread-safe.</li>
     44      * <li>Never leak control of the thread on which they are invoked. (e.g.
     45      * invoke callbacks which may violate the above constraints)</li>
     46      * </ul>
     47      */
     48     public void update(@Nonnull T t);
     49 }
     50